That’s according to the veteran fighter, who recently re-signed with the UFC after he failed a drug test and pulled out of a subsequent fight, which prompted his release from the organization in 2009.

On this past Friday’s new episode of “Inside MMA” on HDNet, Parisyan said mis-communication is to blame for the failed test and that there’s no truth to rumors of an addiction.

“Armenians have a saying,” said Parisyan, referring to a former training partner who publicly stated the fighter had a painkiller addiction. “I’m going to tell you this. It might [sound] stupid in English. It might not make sense in English. But in Armenian, it makes sense: ‘I’d rather have my eye pop out of my head than my name come out.’ When your name comes out – as this guy did [to me] – it’s the worst thing in the world.

“I took two pain pills for my torn hamstring legally with a freaking paper, with a prescription. I had a problem. I had a torn hamstring when I was supposed to fight Matt Hughes. That never healed. … I took pain pills. I totally forgot (about them), but I had a prescription.”

Parisyan, who said the pain pills were more of a hindrance than a performance-enhancer anyway, subsequently failed that UFC 94 drug test, and his win over Dong Hyun Kim was changed to a no-contest. And after he pulled out of a subsequent fight with Dustin Hazelett at UFC 106 due to “mental issues,” the UFC axed him.

And though he initially said Parisyan “would never” fight in the organization again, UFC president Dana White invited him back and recently booked him for a UFC 123 meeting with Dennis Hallman. White recently told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) he only agreed to the return after he flew the fighter to Las Vegas “to be checked out,” though he declined to clarify what that entailed.

Either way, Parisyan is happy to be back because he feels he deserved another chance.

“I’m very happy Dana White gave me another shot,” Parisyan said. “To say I didn’t work on it? No, I worked on it for a year since I’ve been out.

“I didn’t kill nobody. You understand? I didn’t even do something (where), ‘Oh my God. This guy deserves the death penalty or 25 (years) to life, God forbid.’ I made a mistake. … I deserved my second chance.”

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